soc and crim revisited

inside higher ed is reporting on a session at the american sociological association meetings, where a task force presented some work on the relationship between sociology and criminology programs. a friend wrote to say that my june remarks on the subject -- that sociology loses criminology at its peril, for both intellectual and material reasons -- got a bit of play in the session.

since the numbers were new to me, i converted a few of the statistics in scott jaschik's IHE piece into digestible and nutritious bar form. if i read the article correctly, soc and crim have both been awarding more degrees over the past five years, but growth in the latter major is rising at a faster rate. it ain't a horserace, of course, but my students are betting heavily on growth in both fields.